We were friends first. Have been good friends for 20 years. Started a sexual relationship 13 years ago then went our seperate ways for a while and have been monogamous for 3 this time around. How about...it's complicated

It's hard to draw a concrete line on the matter but I figure once a relationship hits five years it can be considered long-term. I definitely don't consider anything under a year to be long-term. Not with the way 20-somethings these days think that any flaw a person may have is grounds for breaking up.

I think many people will define "long-term" differently. In my humble opinion, it's not the number of years you HAVE lasted... It's your intention to last a lifetime that makes your relationship "long-term." My boyfriend and I have been together for less than two years (friends for four before that), but we consider ourselves "long-term" even when many others will not. This is because we don't plan on breaking up, ever, or even that awkward high-school concept of "taking a break." (Though for the record, we are 23 and 28, lol!) We have plans for the future like children, and we have even combined our life's dreams to include one another and their dreams. I think that certainly qualifies us to call our relationship, a long-term relationship.

I'm of the opinion that "long term" is a type of relationship rather than a quantifiable quality. If you are intending to be together long term and share a life, then I would define that type of relationship as a "long term" relationship - the intent being that the relationship last... well... long term.

I'm of the opinion that "long term" is a type of relationship rather than a quantifiable quality. If you are intending to be together long term and share a life, then I would define that type of relationship as a "long term"
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I'm of the opinion that "long term" is a type of relationship rather than a quantifiable quality. If you are intending to be together long term and share a life, then I would define that type of relationship as a "long term" relationship - the intent being that the relationship last... well... long term.